(April 27, 2025 at 11:42 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Beliefs aren't simply isolated bits of information that one agrees with. They are integrated and predictive mental models of the world.
And so, why do Christians believe in Jesus? For the same reasons anybody believes anything: Because the proposition integrates well within their broader web of beliefs and reduces it's entropy. In other words, because it makes sense to them.
Though it makes sense that a person believes something because it fits into their narrative, it doesn't make it right or true.
Jumping to mind are the anti-vaxxers...they believe the story and endanger themselves and others.
I'm your huckleberry.
